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Kung Pao Chicken Recipe


Kung Pao Chicken Recipe
When I first started making this the ingredients were not easy to find. Now most large grocery stores carry all of them. This is redolent in garlic and very spicy. Serve with rice and plenty of icy beverages.

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Ingredients
  • 2 large chicken breasts cut into bite sized oiece
  • 1/4 c cornstarch
  • 1 c oil for frying
  • 1 T chili oil
  • 2 T bean sauce ( or hot bean sauce for the chile heads)
  • 1 T chili paste with garlic (love the Rooster brand)
  • 1 1/2 teas honey
  • 1 T rice wine vinegar
  • 1 T hoisin sauce
  • 4-6 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 12-16 dried Thai chiles (any 2-3" dried chiles will work)
  • 1 c dry roast peanuts

Directions
  1. Heat the 1 c oil in a wok to frying temperature - 360 F
  2. Toss the chicken and corn starch and shake off the extra
  3. Fry in small batches until crispy and done. (won't brown much)
  4. When done drain off oil and wipe wok
  5. Return wok to stove
  6. Mix the bean sauce, hoisin, honey, chili paste with garlic, and vinegar together in a small bowl
  7. Heat the wok and add 1 T chili oil,
  8. Add the dried chiles and fry until just starting to blackened
  9. Add the garlic and chicken
  10. Stir fry for 10-15 seconds
  11. Add sauce mixture
  12. Stir fry until hot
  13. Add peanuts, toss to coat with sauce
  14. Remove and serve with rice, don't eat the chiles :-)

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Yumola, yumola, yumola. Fantastic post and a high 5.


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